Dean's Development Council

Purpose

The Dean’s Development Council supports the dean and the College of Business in fundraising, business and corporate engagement opportunities, and general promotion in support of the mission of the college.

Specifically, the council enables effective partnerships between the business community and the college in integrating business education with real-world innovations, developing a pipeline for student careers and faculty research, and developing sources of investment in support of the goals of the college.

Composition

The development council shall be comprised of individuals appointed by the dean of the College of Business. Every effort will be made to ensure that membership of the council reflects the diversity of the college, the campus, the region, and the State of California.

Generally, members are selected based on their status and experience as senior-level executives, business leaders/owners, entrepreneurs or community leaders. Each member is expected to contribute time, talent, and financial support. The Council will have alumni representation, although no set proportion of alumni is required.

Council Members

Kimberly Brandon

Senior Vice President/Financial Adviser, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Kimberly Brandon graduated from San Francisco State University, Class of 1984. She is currently the senior vice president/wealth adviser at Morgan Stanley. She has served on the San Francisco Port Commission since 1997.

Loretta Doon

Loretta Doon is the chief executive officer for the California Society of CPAs and Cal CPA Education Foundation. She has been recognized by Accounting Today as one of the most influential persons in accounting and has been named by the San Francisco Business Times as one of the most influential women in business. She holds a master’s degree in education from San Francisco State University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Hawaii. She has an active CPA license in the state of California.

Mary Huss

Publisher, San Francisco Business Times

Ms. Mary Huss is a current Director at Commonwealth Club of California. She is Publisher of San Francisco Business Times.

Eric L. Kelly

Chairman and CEO, Sphere 3D CorporationSF State Alum

Eric Kelly is a seasoned executive with over 30 years of experience in the technology industry and a synergistic balance of operational, marketing and sales management expertise. He has served as Sphere 3D Corporation’s Chairman since July 2013 and Chief Executive Officer since the company’s merger with Overland Storage in December 2014. Mr. Kelly served as Overland Storage's CEO since January 2009, its President & CEO since January 2010 and as a Board member since November 2007. Mr. Kelly currently serves on two U.S. government manufacturing advisory councils and on advisory boards for San Francisco State University and the University of San Francisco. He earned his M.B.A from SF State and a B.S. in business from San Jose State.

Gilman Louie

Partner, Alsop Louie Partners

Gilman Louie is a partner of Alsop Louie Partners, a venture capital fund focused on helping entrepreneurs start companies. He is also the founder and first CEO of In-Q-Tel, a private nonprofit venture capital firm that invests in private companies on behalf of a wide range of United States intelligence agencies. He serves as a member of the board of directors of the Markle Foundation and is chairman of the board of the Federation of American Scientists. Gilman is a graduate of San Francisco State and an adviser to the US intelligence community.

Barry Mainz

President and Chief Executive Officer, Mobile Iron
SF State Alum

As CEO, Barry leads the company’s overall business strategy and is responsible for MobileIron’s day-to-day-operations. Prior to joining MobileIron, Mr. Mainz served as President of Wind River, an embedded and mobile software company and wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation, from October 2013 to December 2015. Before becoming its President, Mr. Mainz served as Wind River’s Chief Operating Officer from February 2007 until September 2013 and as Wind River’s Vice President, Worldwide Customer Operations, from July 2005 until January 2007. From May 1999 until June 2005, Mr. Mainz served as Vice President, Corporate Sales Division, for Mercury Interactive Corporation, a software company. Mr. Mainz holds a B.A. in Communications from San Francisco State University.

Nanette Miller

Director of Assurance West Coast & LGBT Service Line, Marcum LLP

Nanette Lee Miller serves as Marcum LLP’s West Coast Partner-In-Charge of Assurance Services and Co-National Leader of its Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) and Non-Traditional Family Practice. Marcum is a top 15 national CPA firm. Ms. Miller was the 2010 recipient of the AICPA/CalCPA Women to Watch - Experienced Leader Award and earlier this year, for a second time, she was named one of the Most Influential Women in Business by the San Francisco Business Times. She has served on many San Francisco not for profit boards and audit committees.

Okorie Ramsey

Okorie L. Ramsey serves as the Vice President, Finance Compliance Officer & SOX of Kaiser Permanente. In this role, Mr. Ramsey is developing and implementing an accountable and comprehensive finance compliance program to support Kaiser Permanente's Finance Organization in adherence with applicable federal and state laws, regulations, internal policies and standards to enhance the Kaiser Permanente Finance organization compliance environment. Mr. Ramsey serves on several non-profit boards including the Board of Trustees for the California Society of Certified Public Accountants Education Foundation, the Accounting Career Awareness Program, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Council and LIFE Courses, Inc.

Joel R. Redmon

Managing Director, METLIFE Real Estate
SF State Alum

Joel R. Redmon is managing director for MetLife–Real Estate Investments in the San Francisco regional office. He earned his bachelor's degree with a concentration in accounting from San Francisco State.

Christopher T. Wagner

Christopher Todd Wagner is a financial advisor employed by UBS Financial Services in San Francisco, California. With over 30 years of experience and 5 exams passed, Christopher maintains the following registrations:

Investment Advisor

Christopher is registered with the SEC as an Investment Advisor, which is defined as someone who is paid to provide advice about securities. Investment advisors can also be paid to manage investment portfolios or offer financial planning services. Other terms commonly used for investment advisors include Investment Advisor Representative (IAR) and Registered Investment Advisor (RIA).

Broker

Mr. Wagner is also registered with FINRA as a Broker (sometimes referred to as a broker-dealer registered rep, or RR). Brokers are the sales personnel who work for larger brokerage firms. These firms (also known as broker-dealers) are in the business of buying and selling securities such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds and other investment-related products. These firms are also registered with FINRA and can engage in securities transactions on behalf of its customers (as broker) or for its own account (as dealer).

Tim Yamauchi

Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer at PRIDE Industries

Active in the community, Yamauchi serves on the boards of the Sacramento Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce and on the California Asian Chamber of Commerce. He is a Senior Fellow of the American Leadership Forum, Mountain Valley Chapter, and serves on the Wells Fargo Community Board of Advisors. In 2009 he was selected as CFO of the Year by the Sacramento Business Journal.Yamauchi holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University and is a certified public accountant (inactive status) with previous experience at a Big Four accounting firm (formerly Coopers and Lybrand), now PricewaterhouseCoopers.